dermis

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Etymology

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː.mɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.mɪs/

Noun

dermis (plural dermides or dermises)

1. (anatomy) The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.

Synonyms

• (tissue): derm, derma, corium, cutis, cutis vera, true skin

Derived terms

• dermal
• dermatitis
• dermatoglyphics
• dermatology
• dermic
• endodermis
• epidermis
• gastrodermis
• hypodermis
• mesoderm
• neodermis
• subdermis

Related terms

• -derm (and its derivatives)
• derm- (and its derivatives)
• -derma (and its derivatives)
• -dermatous (and its derivatives)
• dermo- (and its derivatives)

Translations

skin layer underlying epidermis

Arabic: أَدَمة (ʔadama) Bulgarian: дермис m (dermis) Catalan: derma (ca) m, dermis (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 真皮 (zh) (zhēnpí) Czech: škára (cs) f Finnish: verinahka (fi) French: derme (fr) m German: Dermis f, Lederhaut (de) f Greek: χόριον (el) n (chórion) Hungarian: irha (hu) Ido: dermo (io) Irish: deirm f Italian: derma (it) m Maori: kiriwai Portuguese: derme (pt) f Romanian: dermă (ro) f Spanish: dermis (es) f Swedish: läderhud (sv) c, dermis (sv) Thai: หนังแท้ (nǎng-tɛ́ɛ) Vietnamese: hạ bì (vi)

See also

• cutaneous
• cuticle

Further reading

• “dermis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “dermis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “dermis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• dimers, mireds

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from epidermis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛr.mis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɛɾ.mis]

Noun

dermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) dermis

   Synonym: derma

Further reading

• “dermis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dermis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “dermis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dermis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from epidermis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɾmis/ [ˈd̪eɾ.mis]
• Rhymes: -eɾmis
• Syllabification: der‧mis

Noun

dermis f (plural dermis)

1. (anatomy) dermis

Further reading

• “dermis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025